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E. E. HARTSELL.

WAGON BED.

PatentedNov. 30,1897.

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EDI/VARI) EVERETTE HARTSELL, OF ROVLAND, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRDTO ISAAC FOX DELONY, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,621, dated November30, 1897.

Application iled April 21, 189 '7. Serial No. 633,205. (No model.)l I

HARTSELL, a citizen of the United States, rel siding at Rowland, in thecounty of Lime- .stone and State of Alabama, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Wagon-Beds; and I do hereby declarel thelfollowing tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to wagons and similar vehicles; and the object inview is to provide extension-sides for a wagon-body and to mount thesesides in such a manner that they will interlock with each other,requiring the sides to be removed in acertai-n order in order that theymay 'successively release each other.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed outin the course of the subjoineddescription.I

The invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction hereinafter speciiically set forth, illustrated in thedrawings, and incorporated in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a wagon-bodyconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the saine. Fig. 3 is a rear end view. Fig. 4 is a front endView. Fig. 5 is a detail section through one corner of the wagon-body inline with the extensionsides. Fig. Gis asimilar section taken at thejunction of the sides and ends of the main body of the wagon. Fig. '7 isa detail perspective view of yone of the socket-pieces or keepers. Fig.8 is a detail perspective view showing the brake-lever and its engagingrack. Fig. 9 isa detail vertical section showing the manner of lockingthe front and rear extension-boards.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bottom of an ordinary wagonboX or body provided with stationary sides 2. These sides are connectedto the bottom by means of bolts 3, which pass through the bottom, theupper ends being flattened and provided with countersunk openings toreceive screws or other suitable fasteners 4, which enter or passcuring-bolts 3 may be employed. The upper portions of the rear bolts 3are rabbeted,-as.

indicated at 8, in their front edges to receive L-shaped plates 9,secured -to the rear side of the tail-gate 10. In front of the tail-gateare arranged fian ged keeper-plates 11, with which other plates 9 on thefront of the tail-gate engage when the tail-gate is slid downwardvertically between v the sides 2. The 'front board 12 is secured inplace in a similar manner and may be readily removed whenever desirable.

The extension-sides are indicated at 13 and may be of any suitableheight. Each of said sides is provided upon its outer surface with aseries of oblique standards 14, secured theretoby screws or otherfasteners 15, arranged at intervals. The lower ends ot' the standardsextend below the bottom edge of the side 13 and are adapted to enterkeepers or socket-pieces 16, also arranged at an oblique angle andextending at right angles to the inclination of the standards 14. vInorder to place the extension-sides 13 upon the body of the vehicle, thelower ends of the -standards 14 must be entered in vthe socketpieces 16and the boards must 'then be slid downward at an angle corresponding 'tothe inclination or Obliquity of' the standards 14.

Upon their inner sides and adjacent to the front and tail boards theextension-sides 13 are provided with spaced cleats or4 keeperplates 17for engagement with L-shaped plates 18 at the en ds of the front andrear extensionboards 19 and 20, respectively. The front extension-board20 has secured to its outer surface a vertical standard 21, which isextended downward sufficiently to pass through an opening 22 in thebottom 1 and also through the front cross-bar 6, said standard beingprovided at a point below the bar 6 with a transverse opening 23 toreceive a cotter lor split pin,which will prevent the upward movementIOO of said standard and hold the extension-board 2O in place. A similarstandard 24 is provided for holding the tail extension-board in place.The tail-board 19 is provided at its rear with a hook 25, adapted toreceive a pivoted loop 26, mounted on the end rung 27 of a ladder 28,the side bars 29 of which are pivotally connected to the rear end of thewagon-body, as indicated at 30, so that said ladder may be folded upwardor downward, according as the same is required. The engagement betweenthe hook 25 and loop 2G also serves to prevent the displacement of thetail extensionboard 20.

In order to remove the extension-sides 13, the front and rearextension-boards 19 and 20 must first be slid vertically out of place,for the reason that when said boards are in place the sides 13 cannot beremoved, as it is necessary to slide said sides upward in an obli queline,which movement is defeated by the front and rear boards when inplace, said front and rear boards thus serving to lock the sides. Inplacing the extension-boards upon the body of the wagon the sides 13must iirst be placed in position and the end pieces subsequentlyinserted.

31 designates a rock-shaft mounted transversely under the bottom of thewagon-body and in suitable bearing-sleeves 32, secured thereto. Thisrock shaft constitutes the brake-beam and is provided with bent ends 33,to which suitable brake-shoes 34 are secured and arranged to contactwith the wheels. At one side of the wagon-body the shaft 31 is providedwith a crank-arm 35, from which a brake-rod 36 extends forward andconnects pivotally to the lower end of a brake-lever 37, pivotallymounted intermediate its ends at 3S in a suitable hanger 39, attached toone of the stationary side-boards 2 of the body.

40 designates a toothed rack which is secured to the side 2 near itsupper edge, said rack being constructed from a strip or bar of metalbent into U shape, as shown, and having its end portions secured to thewagonbody. The central or outlying portion of the rack is ineised, asshown at 41, and the upper edge bent inward to form ahorizontally-disposed fiange 42, which is notched or toothed, asindicated at 43. The lever 37 is provided upon its outer surface with alongitudinallyextending rib 44, which is adapted to engage between theteeth or in the notches of the rack when adjusted and be thereby held atany desired adjustment. The lever 37 is mounted loosely on its fulcrum,so that it may be rocked laterally into and out of engagement with therack. This brake mechanism is extremely simple in construction, reliablein operation, and will not interfere with the detachability of theextension-sides of the wagon.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the body of a wagon or similar vehicle, ofextension-sides made removable in an oblique line, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with the body of a wagon or other vehicle,oiextension-sides having obliquely-disposed standards, and socketpiecessecured to the said body and adapted to receive said standards,substantially as described.

3. The combination with the body of a wagon or other vehicle, of anextension-side, a series of oblique standards secured rigidly to saidextension-side and having their lower ends extended below the bottomedge of the extension-side, and keepers or socket-pieces secured to saidbody and adapted to receive the lower ends of the standards,substantially as described.

4. The combination with the body of a wagon or other vehicle, ofextension-sides provided with oblique standards adapted to be receivedin socket-pieces on the body whereby the extension-sides are caused tomove in oblique planes, and removable end-boards slidingly fittedbetween the extension-sides and movable in vertical lines, substantiallyas described.

5. The combination with the body of a wagon or other vehicle, ofextension-sides provided with oblique standards adapted to entersocket-pieces on the body whereby the sides are made movable in obliquelines, and extension end-boards slidingly mounted in ways between theextension-sides and movable in a different direction from the directionin which the sides move, substantially as described.

6. The combination with the body of a wagon or other vehicle, ofextension-sides mounted thereon, extension front and rear boardsslidingly engaging the sides and serving to lock the same againstdisplacement, and standards secured to the end-boards and removablyfitted in openings in the bottom of the body, said standards havingprovision beneath the bottom of the body for preventing theirdisplacement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD EVERETTE HARTSELL.

Titnessesz GEO. L. SHERRILL, GEO. C. KING.

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